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diff --git a/docs/docbook/projdoc/pdb_mysql.sgml b/docs/docbook/projdoc/pdb_mysql.sgml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..59a134a15f --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/docbook/projdoc/pdb_mysql.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,146 @@ +<chapter id="pdb-mysql"> +<chapterinfo> + <author> + <firstname>Jelmer</firstname><surname>Vernooij</surname> + <affiliation> + <orgname>The Samba Team</orgname> + <address><email>jelmer@samba.org</email></address> + </affiliation> + </author> + <pubdate>November 2002</pubdate> +</chapterinfo> + +<title>Passdb MySQL plugin</title> + +<sect1> +<title>Building</title> + +<para>To build the plugin, run <command>make bin/pdb_mysql.so</command> +in the <filename>source/</filename> directory of samba distribution. +</para> + +<para>Next, copy pdb_mysql.so to any location you want. I +strongly recommend installing it in $PREFIX/lib or /usr/lib/samba/</para> + +</sect1> + +<sect1> +<title>Configuring</title> + +<para>This plugin lacks some good documentation, but here is some short info:</para> + +<para>Add a the following to the <command>passdb backend</command> variable in your <filename>smb.conf</filename>: +<programlisting> +passdb backend = [other-plugins] plugin:/location/to/pdb_mysql.so:identifier [other-plugins] +</programlisting> +</para> + +<para>The identifier can be any string you like, as long as it doesn't collide with +the identifiers of other plugins or other instances of pdb_mysql. If you +specify multiple pdb_mysql.so entries in 'passdb backend', you also need to +use different identifiers! +</para> + +<para> +Additional options can be given thru the smb.conf file in the [global] section. +</para> + +<para><programlisting> +identifier:mysql host - host name, defaults to 'localhost' +identifier:mysql password +identifier:mysql user - defaults to 'samba' +identifier:mysql database - defaults to 'samba' +identifier:mysql port - defaults to 3306 +identifier:table - Name of the table containing users +</programlisting></para> + +<para> +<emphasis> +WARNING: since the password for the mysql user is stored in the +smb.conf file, you should make the the smb.conf file +readable only to the user that runs samba. This is considered a security +bug and will be fixed soon.</emphasis> +</para> + +<para>Names of the columns in this table(I've added column types those columns should have first):</para> + +<para><programlisting> +identifier:logon time column - int(9) +identifier:logoff time column - int(9) +identifier:kickoff time column - int(9) +identifier:pass last set time column - int(9) +identifier:pass can change time column - int(9) +identifier:pass must change time column - int(9) +identifier:username column - varchar(255) - unix username +identifier:domain column - varchar(255) - NT domain user is part of +identifier:nt username column - varchar(255) - NT username +identifier:fullname column - varchar(255) - Full name of user +identifier:home dir column - varchar(255) - Unix homedir path +identifier:dir drive column - varchar(2) - Directory drive path (eg: 'H:') +identifier:logon script column - varchar(255) - Batch file to run on client side when logging on +identifier:profile path column - varchar(255) - Path of profile +identifier:acct desc column - varchar(255) - Some ASCII NT user data +identifier:workstations column - varchar(255) - Workstations user can logon to (or NULL for all) +identifier:unknown string column - varchar(255) - unknown string +identifier:munged dial column - varchar(255) - ? +identifier:uid column - int(9) - Unix user ID (uid) +identifier:gid column - int(9) - Unix user group (gid) +identifier:user sid column - varchar(255) - NT user SID +identifier:group sid column - varchar(255) - NT group ID +identifier:lanman pass column - varchar(255) - encrypted lanman password +identifier:nt pass column - varchar(255) - encrypted nt passwd +identifier:plain pass column - varchar(255) - plaintext password +identifier:acct control column - int(9) - nt user data +identifier:unknown 3 column - int(9) - unknown +identifier:logon divs column - int(9) - ? +identifier:hours len column - int(9) - ? +identifier:unknown 5 column - int(9) - unknown +identifier:unknown 6 column - int(9) - unknown +</programlisting></para> + +<para> +Eventually, you can put a colon (:) after the name of each column, which +should specify the column to update when updating the table. You can also +specify nothing behind the colon - then the data from the field will not be +updated. +</para> + +</sect1> + +<sect1> +<title>Using plaintext passwords or encrypted password</title> + +<para> +I strongly discourage the use of plaintext passwords, however, you can use them: +</para> + +<para> +If you would like to use plaintext passwords, set 'identifier:lanman pass column' and 'identifier:nt pass column' to 'NULL' (without the quotes) and 'identifier:plain pass column' to the name of the column containing the plaintext passwords. +</para> + +<para> +If you use encrypted passwords, set the 'identifier:plain pass column' to 'NULL' (without the quotes). This is the default. +</para> + +</sect1> + +<sect1> +<title>Getting non-column data from the table</title> + +<para> +It is possible to have not all data in the database and making some 'constant'. +</para> + +<para> +For example, you can set 'identifier:fullname column' to : +<command>CONCAT(First_name,' ',Sur_name)</command> +</para> + +<para> +Or, set 'identifier:workstations column' to : +<command>NULL</command></para> + +<para>See the MySQL documentation for more language constructs.</para> + +</sect1> +</chapter> |